prothesis en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/ (US)
- /ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/ (US)
- /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/ (UK)
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Etymology
From Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration (dropping the ‘s’) from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition, augmentation”), (English prosthesis) from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁- (“to be putting, to be placing”). However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing, preposition”) (without the σ (s)), which is instead the source of a different term – see alternative etymology, below.
Meanings
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| protheses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
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Deriveds
orthesis · h-prothesis · t-prothesis
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Synonyms
Translations (24)
pt prótese (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · ar إِبْدَاء (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · hu protézis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · uk протеза (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · nl prosthesis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · es prótesis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · el πρόσθεση (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · oc protèsi (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · ru проте́за (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · da protese (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · fi proteesi (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · it prostesi (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · de Prosthese (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · de Prothese (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · oc prostèsi (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · cy rhagosodiad (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · ga próistéis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · ca pròtesi (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · fr prothèse (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · fa پیشهشت (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · bg протеза (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · hy նախահավելված (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · es próstesis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) · br rakkresk (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure)